Data in hand, Bihar moves to create jobs | Economic Times

New Delhi: The Bihar government has tasked at least twelve departments to explore jobs for migrant workers. With data of 3,24,658 migrants as of last week, the government aims to create jobs in construction projects and is planning to set up at least two product-based industrial clusters in every district.The skill-mapping data so far shows that construction labourers (80,548) top the list, followed by carpenters (29,217), tailors (17230), masons (14,553), masons’ helpers (14,553), painters (5,979) and cooks (5,416). The state has classified migrants into 80 categories.“Following his interaction with the migrants, chief minister Nitishji is focusing on job creation,” Bihar’s information minister Neeraj Kumar said. “We have told executive engineers to get skill data from district industry centre to offer migrants jobs in various projects,” building construction minister Ashok Choudhari told ET on phone. Nand Kishore Yadav, road construction department (RCD) minister, said he has directed all officials to create jobs for migrants.“We have written letters to all district magistrates about our manpower requirement. These vacancies have been created due to movement (of workers) to other states,” Yadav said. Industry minister Shyam Rajak said: “We will develop at least two product-based industrial clusters in every district to create jobs for migrants.”